Internet Basics & Beyond

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1 LACS Basics SIG Internet Basics & Beyond Improve your Internet Search Skills using Google Advanced Text-Copy-Paste Drag & Drop Dogs say Shame on Me! Break, then 2 nd Hour Beginner / Novice Q & A, Tips Meeting End Topics opy-paste Kim Stocksdale 1

2 Improve Internet Search Skills Using Google Enter your Search Info Here Microphone Let s you talk your search (Chrome Browser only) 2

3 Improve GoogleSearch Skills Start with the minimum request, then add to it if you don t get what you want. Ask: If my search could only consist of 2 or 3 words, what would those words be? If something in your search is a unique name that is not easily misspelled, that is a good feature for your search Use the web to find a definition Need to find out what a word means? You can use search engines to find the definition of any word you can think of. In Google, to find definition of circumspect, type define circumspect Exact phrase search If you want your search as a complete phrase, in the exact order, then surround it with quotes; i.e., three blind mice. 3

4 Search Books and Magazines on books.google.com Google has been archiving books and magazines Good for researching topics such as Civil War (See for 2:00 Many magazines Life, Popular Mechanics, New York Magazine, Network World, etc Many date back to origins such as Popular Science to 1870s. 4

5 Search Books and Magazines on books.google.com Good Place to start is Browse books and magazines which can take you to 5

6 Google Photo Reverse Search Google Reverse Image Search Open Google.com> Click Images > Click Camera Icon Now, you have options here you can either browse to where your image is on your computer, paste the URL of an image from another site (right-click on the image and select Copy image URL) or even drag and drop and image from your desktop or folder into the search bar

7 Improve GoogleSearch Skills Finding Movies playing tonight in a specific city Type Movies Culver City If you know the theater, Movies Pacific Culver Stadium 12 Weather in a specific city Weather London, England Track a package from UPS, Fedex, DHL, etc Paste the tracking number into Google

8 Improve GoogleSearch Skills Converting from one measurement to another Type 12 ounces to grams What time is it now in a specific city? time Tokyo Search within a website Search for info about baseball on nbc.com baseball site:nbc.com 8

9 Improve GoogleSearch Skills Use Advanced search Not easy to find on the Google search page First enter a word into regular search Jupiter Click the gear icon 9

10 Improve GoogleSearch Skills Use Advanced search 10

11 Why Select Text?? Why should you Select (or Highlight) Text? Answer: To tell your computer you want it to do something to that text. Such as Highlighted Text To copy or move the text someplace else (which can be done via copy-paste) To Change Font To Change Font Size To Change Font Color 11

12 Identify the Text you Want to Select Multiple Paragraphs: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The lazy dog was too fast for the quick brown fox to catch up to Single Paragraphs The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Single Sentence The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Single Word quick A Few Characters qu 12

13 Select the Text (Method 1 of 2) 1) To highlight a single word, double click that word ADVANTAGES Easiest / fastest way to select a single word Works in virtually all programs DISADVANTAGES Can only select a single word 13

14 Select Text (Method 2 of 2) To highlight a few letters or multiple paragraphs click to the top left of first character then hold Shift and click Right ( ) or Down ( )Arrow key Tip: if the top left of what you want to select is a word, then double click that word The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. These rapid brown foxes jump over multiple lazy dogs and cats. The lazy dog was too fast for the quick brown fox to catch up to. 14

15 Copy- Paste To Copy what you have highlighted ctrl-c To Paste what you have Copied Click where you want to paste Ctrl-V The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. These rapid brown foxes jump over multiple lazy dogs and cats. The lazy dog was too fast for the quick brown fox to catch up to. 15

16 Copy or Cut?? For Beginners, Copy will work for everything you ll want to do. Cut is suppose to delete the text you just selected. However, using Copy-Paste, you can do the same thing by deleting the previously selected text after pasting The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. These rapid brown foxes jump over multiple lazy dogs and cats. 16

17 Advanced Select-Copy-Paste Selecting 10 Different Ways to Select In Microsoft Word Drag & Drop Copy-Cut-Paste using R mouse click Delete words by Ctrl-Backspace or Ctrl-Delete 17

18 10 Ways to Select Text In Microsoft Word 1) Select any amount of text by clicking to L of first word, hold shift key, then click again elsewhere 2) Double click to select a single word 3) Triple click to select an entire paragraph 4) Select a single sentence by holding control key and clicking anywhere in the sentence 5) Select a single line by holding mouse to L of paragraph and with mouse arrow pointing at 1 pm, click mouse 6) Select multiple words, one at a time, by positioning mouse to left of first word, then hold Shift-Ctrl and click L or R arrow (this sounds the same as #7) 18

19 10 Ways to Select Text In Word 7) Select consecutive lines by clicking to L of the first word, hold Shift key, then press up and down arrow 8) Select consecutive paragraphs by clicking to L of the first word, hold Shift & Ctrl and press the up or down arrow 9) To select the entire document hold Ctrl and press A 10) Click in a word, click F8 Key: 1) 2x to select the word 2) 3x to select the sentence 3) 4x to select the paragraph 4) 5x to select entire document 11)From the insertion point, hold Shift then End key selects to end of line, Home to start 19

20 Drag & Drop Most Use Drag & Drop Without Realizing It Moving Icons around Desktop Drag & Drop Similar to Cut & Paste Copy & Paste Hold Control Key Why Use Drag & Drop? Faster than Cut & Paste Don t need to remove hand from mouse 20

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